Yeah, good morning, all the bells and whistles. Good morning, we got scaffold around the back of the church. And we have our brothers with us. We got a carpenter in the building. We got a bricklayer in the building today. And there's asked for gathered around the mics and everybody hopping online. Good morning, to everybody hopping online. Welcome to Coffee and prayer with all the noise of odor crashing, we've all to buy in. We are in the middle of a building site. Literally, we've got this renovation work going on. And we are squeezed in this little room. All four of us squeezed in this little room, but God bless you wherever you are today. May God strengthen you, and be with you. Thank you for joining us online as we gather around the mics for coffee and prayer and communion. As we always do every Wednesday morning from roughly half past nine to half past 10 ish as we just gather, as we just trust in God, wherever you are today. May God bless you and strengthen you. Thank you so much. We appreciate all the downloads from all these podcasts. We thank you to those that listen to these podcasts. 1000s of people around the world we it's just mind blowing. It's just mind blowing what's going on through the power of technology. So welcome to everybody. Through Buzzsprout, Spotify. I Heart Radio, Amazon music. We're on Amazon music you can catch us in many different places would probably be imprisoned breathe zone, but you will catch us someplace. May God bless you. Let's just rest in the Lord's house and is here, Donnie Glenn's back with us today. And it's me. Good morning, let's be bowed in prayer. Come on, let's just gather our thoughts and rest in the arms of Christ as we just calm and bow down and be in a place of complete surrender. You know, I believe there's many people hungry for Christ, many people hungry for Christ, many are tired of church, many are tired of stuff that's coming out of Parliament, and then you're tired of stuff that's coming out of education, weary, tired, exhausted, we got lies coming at us like arrows, lies are coming out like arrows just like you know, you can imagine one word after another being pulled out or the arrow bag fired up, you know, arrows words are very, very powerful. And we have got to be very careful who we listen to who we follow who we work with, who we partner with. And that is a very important word partner with because we can't partner with any structure with any system. Within the Earth. We got to make sure we've found in the kingdom of God. And I've got the book of Mark open just before me. And we're in Mark chapter five. And it's the verse 27. That's draw my attention this morning is about the lady with the issue of blood. It's about the lady with the issue of blood and how she just had to get to Jesus. I don't know about you, brothers, sisters, atheists that drop online that just pushes and POCUS around a little bit and thank you very much for that. But are you hungry for Jesus? What would you do to get to Jesus because I don't know about you guys. I really need him like never before in my life. I'm really getting to the position where I say Lord every moment every second Please, Lord, keep me hold me. wrap me up in your arms. Keep me on the potter's wheel. Lord, You've got to keep me in a place. So let's have a quick read. Let's have a read. So I'm going to go back to verse 24. of Mark chapter five, and it says So Jesus went with him. And the first part of this text was about Jairus. But it says a large crowd followed and pressed around him. And a woman was there who had been subjected to bleed in for torn for 12 years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and spent all that she had. Yet instead of getting better, she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus. She came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak. Because she thought if I just touch his clothes, I will be healed. Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and he asked Who touched my clothes. You see the people in the crowd pressing against you, his disciples answered. And you've asked us who touched you. But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done that. Then the woman knowing what happened to her came and fell to her feet, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. He said to her daughter, your faith has healed you go in peace, and be freed from your suffering. I believe there are many out there this morning, that want to be free from your suffering. You won't find the freedom in government, you won't find the freedom in the system of the church, you won't find freedom in humanity, you will find freedom in Christ Jesus, you are free. Because the Scripture says who the sunsets free, is free indeed. So I pray that wherever you are today that the hand of God will just guide you and strengthen you, that you will feel anointing on your life and love for you will find peace. And you may be like Thomas this morning as well, you might feel like that, that that Thomas, that character in the Gospel where everyone else around him and experienced the presence experienced this living Christ experience the Messiah, we have seen him Thomas, have you ever been in a church culture? Have you ever been in an environment of church and a conference and everyone else is, is getting something and you haven't had anything? Do you feel like that person today? Do you feel like that Thomas that no matter what is going on in your life, you just feel that you just have been left, or God says I will never leave you nor forsake you. And he will walk through a wall to get to you. But it's all about timings. It's all about timing. Because my timing is different to Glen's Glenn's is different to Don is, you know, and is is different to all of us all of our timings. And what I'm referring to is, is when and how Christ presents Himself to us. So what's really, really important here is have you reached that stage in your life, like the lady with the issue of blood reached that place where she said, I've spent everything I've got, money hasn't healed me. The culture that we're we're in has ostracize me the cultural press has pushed me outside, I live outside of this culture. It doesn't invite me in, I feel very lonely. I feel very lost. But she said, I've heard about Jesus. I've got to get to Jesus. It's this simple. I've just got to get to Jesus. What does it take to get to Jesus yet to push through the crowd? She had to get on a hands on he had to touch the hem of His garment, you know? And we read very clearly in the Scripture, how it tells us in an in depth press of how she got there. But Jesus said, Who's touched me? Isn't it interesting that the diet, the disciples, sorry, the disciples said to him, What do you mean? See, see, there's a there's a special way in touching and get into Christ, and it's with your heart, it's with your innermost being. I don't know about you, but I'm going to say again, I really got to get not just to the hem of him, I've got to get into His presence. I just I've got, I just got to feel that love of God. And I'm almost I would use the word desperate. I will use that in the language that I'm familiar with where I've got to get to Jesus, I've got to get to Jesus, please. I've got to get to Jesus. I've got to be not just touching your hand, Father, I've got to be in your coats of praise. I've got to be at that place. See, her culture and her world would never allow her to touch this Holy Christ. She, even the culture, she was pushed back on every side of life. He was pushed back, spent everything she had add on the doctors, everything. She has tried everything. Have you tried everything in your life? Have you pushed all the boundaries of everything, spent everything that you've got, not just your money, but spent yourself and you've spent yourself where you spent hours you've been looking at this, you've been looking at that. But then suddenly, if I get to Jesus, he says, I'm the same yesterday, today and forever more. I asked you this morning, press like you've never pressed before, push like you never pushed before. Stretch out like you've never stretched out. But amongst all that, you are already saved. You are saved. You are blessed. You are a son and a daughter of the living God. And I pray this morning that if you've got anxious thoughts, if you've got anxiety upon your body, if you're feeling doubtful if you're feeling weary, if you're feeling tired, if if you just need that, that that strength, you just need that draw God God is drawing you God is calling you. Call out to Jesus that don't call out to me. Don't don't pick up the phone to Glenn, don't ask Donnie don't ask. And they don't ask any of us. Don't go to the clergy. Go to Jesus go to Jesus. Yes. I'm very respectful of the system of church. Yes, I get that. I understand that. But we're always pushing for spiritual directors. We're always looking for that direction from that earthly person when actually it is Jesus. He says I am the Way the Truth and no one comes to the Father except through me and you I'm very I am respectful, very respectful of the system. And the structure because the, I'm referring to the biblical structure. The biblical structure is the structure that we should follow for the structure of church, and the structure of leadership, not man's way, not religious structure. So I'm very respectful. And I come under the Kings domain. So I clearly get what that means. But religion can't get your free spiritual directors are not going to get you free. They might give you a little bit of advice and a little bit of encouragement. But you don't need to spend another hour on the internet search in the answer it just Lord, help me in the name of Jesus. Yes, help me God's strength for me. Father, I call on you today. Because without you, I'm weak, Lord, without you, I can't make it. But what about that lovely part of the text? It says, When I'm weak, then then then then you are I am. I'm strong. Because he says, my, my strength is made perfect in weakness. completely upside down to what the world says. So Father, I'm tired this morning. I'm weak this morning, whoever wherever you may be. But Lord, I believe in miracles. I believe in the power of your word. I believe in the strength of God, I believe in His Word. Lord, you are just the God that said, let there be light. And Lord, You called my sisters and brothers, I thank you for atheists this morning. I thank you for the agnostics. I thank you for the world. I thank you for everything because you created everything. And everything is in your hands. Everything is in your control. Everything is under your voice. Everything. As Joe cried out, and as Joe boldly said, even though he slay me, I will still praise him. Yes, even though everything is breaking out against me, and I'm not sure what direction it might be coming from. But I'm praising him. Even though there are storms out to get me I'm going to praise him in the storm. Even though I'm running from the Lord, there are many running from God this morning. There are many running, running away, but God is breathing down. God is moving in your life that God is bringing storms. Yeah, God, God brings storms. God brought stone to Jonah. God changed the environment around him to get your attention. God is changing the environment to get our attention. What is God doing at this moment, the good old Pentecostal movement will straightaway blame the devil, straight away, go down the satanic route, but you've only got to look at job. You've only got to look, you've only got to look at Jonah. You've only got to look at certain characters how God got their attention. And what did he say to Saul Saul? What did he say to that conversation with an alias? And a nice, don't worry about him. Just pray for him do what I've asked you to do. And I will show him how much he is going to suffer for my word. Oh my goodness gracious me, Lord. Lord, You are a holy God. You are the King of kings. And Lord, I thank You, Lord, for every area of suffering. I thank you for every trial. I thank you for every value moment. I thank You, Lord, for every crying out moment. I thank you for the glimmers of joy. But Lord, I thank you more Lord for the valley of the shadow of death because you will never leave me nor forsake me. Lord, you're with me in the hardest trials, the biggest battles that I fight, Lord, and Lord, I'm sorry that I fight them because I'm weak. And Lord, I've got to learn to hand things over. Lord, I've got to learn to give you everything. Lord, I want you to take full control of this vessel that I'm sailing in this skin that I'm walking in. Lord, I want you to take control and make Jesus. Lord, I want you to take care Lord, of my thoughts. Brothers and sisters, we're living in a great time there is a window of opportunity. And as we looked in the Old Testament, as we looked in Joshua on Sunday morning, rehabs window. Who'd have ever thought that Rahab would lower to godly men out on a rope and tie a scarlet cord around the window. A prostitute low into godly men out of a window. Hmm, interesting stuff God will use whatever he's going to use is and God is doing unusual things in unusual times. And what God is doing doesn't line up with religion. So when you look at Rahab story, when you look how, when her lips move, she lied straight away to the servants of the king that brought message to her I don't know where it where they are. They've gone I believe they when they're not here, but they was laying just feet away. On the roof of our house, they're not here. See, God uses the characters that the church pushes aside, religion pushes aside. God uses the characters that we wouldn't have Ever, maybe bring into the arena of what certain areas of life but God will use whoever is going to use. And may God bless you and strengthen you across the earth today. Because however you feel whatever your circumstance whatever your situation God is with you. And I pray this morning that you will be like that lady with that issue of blood and go Do you know what? I'm spent out of everything. But I'm going to get to Jesus. Yeah, so far this morning. Where we're tired and we can't physically and we feel that we've hit barriers. Lord, draw us closer. Draw us in law. We're making an advancement. We're making a walk of faith. We're stepping out in faith. We're treading Lord, the bolts of faith with Lord we're in this narrow, narrow walk. Come Holy Spirit. Bless Glenn this morning. Bless, Donnie. And bless Andy and everybody online. Thank you for joining us online this morning to online church. That's it. I'm done. I'm over. It's over to the holy ones. They're gonna take us deeper. Because you can see I'm glowing. They're glowing with holiness this morning.
Donny Stockburn:Waiting. Yeah. Yeah, cuz there's just so many.
Reverend Ben Cooper:They're shining. Yes, done.
Donny Stockburn:I've got this down. Yeah. And Jesus said, the mouth speaks what the heart is full of Amen. And Lord, it's not all about moving mountains. The power in the name of Jesus is not all about moving mountains. It's about moving hearts. Yes, slow, moving out slow. And sometimes we drop back a bit and forget just how wonderful Jesus is. A lot of other words, I like to use beautiful, and all the rest of those words, Lord, but there's, sometimes we lose those, that closeness to Jesus. And as I was looking through the Scriptures, and trying to get a reminder for me that I suddenly saw these words, it's in Psalm 147. So the first six verses, so lovely sambar, just want to use the first six verses. And they touched my heart so much, in this way, that this writer, the one who put these words in here, they came out of his heart, out of his mouth. So I could see what the contents were of the heart of Jesus, I didn't need to guess I could see. Because he said, out of his mouth, come the contents of the heart. And this is the contents of the heart Jesus, right then, and it lines up perfectly. We've been as usual, God's God's uses us all to bring the same point Jesus, and it says, Praise the Lord, for his good to sing praises to our God, for his pleasant, and prize is beautiful. But these are the words, the Lord builds up Jerusalem, that's us. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and He binds up their wounds. I love those words, Lord, I go straight into my heart. And He counts the numbers stores. He calls them all by name. Great is our Lord, and mighty empower. He understands the infinite, and lifts up the humble. I've got written down here, the insignificant lifts up the humble, and he calls the wicked down to the ground. When I read those words, about our Jesus lifts up the humble, and he heals the broken hearts, or newless, was a very, very personal thing. And it was coming from a heart that was overflowing with love, that he could love us in his way, an artist coming out this morning, and either attacks of La sun and absolutely could not stop reading it and it says this. So God does not love all of us. He loves each of us. that separates us from being just one of many, to be an infinitely more important to Jesus. And so true in it. We're not one of many. We're so important to Jesus, hallelujah. This is his personal which is, he stays with us in all our battles. He knows we need comfort. We should never lose the reality of his personal love for us. And our own importance to him. We are really, really important to him. And Lord, I just want to pray for all those people who are broken down now. Yes, for those people who are caught in grief. These words here Lord, humbleness, and broken heartedness. Lord, if you're close to them, not on I always like to be brokenhearted and are many now Lord, I just pray for him Father God, that I will feel and experience that person No love of Jesus upon their lives Father God, not on mass. But personal. Lord, which is thank you for that message this morning of our personal Your love is to us, Lord in these words that show us the contents of your heart. So clearly, Lord, that you're close to the brokenhearted as long as you lift up the humble, loaded those who are set aside in his world, to humble people know that you work amongst him that you love them. You have a personal love for each one of them. Lord and arches thank for that a lot of want to pray that Your mercy gets to them, Lord, the fall of your delight cry will be answered just like that woman who come looking for you to bend spoke about sue the crowds taken a chance to find Jesus to touch him. Lord, all those voices are crying out to you now. We pray for them. Father God that I will reach you that I will touch you they will receive from you what that which they need personally Lord, each one Lord, I'll pray for all those who are living on medication now Father God, living on the nerves edge, Lord, Lord, that I will be healed. We this is a prayer room. This is the awesome room Lord. So we pray for them all all those who are listening, all those who were involved in battles on a pray that that message, your you have a personal love for them, Lord, it's that personal father got that word, infinitely personal. It goes strikes my heart Lord, an artist pilot that be an infinitely personal encounter for them. Lord, each one of them, Father God, this day, there'll be healing come upon him Father, God and deliverance in Jesus name. Father, God, that is thank you for that message that he will love for us is so personal. Let's set aside a lot of optim pride, thinking how can God answer so many prayers around this world, there are millions going up. But he can because he is who he is. And Father God, I pray that that truth will come down equally to all those listening, HR who prayed Lord, that is a personal love. This is an intimate encounter with the living God, and no less than that Father God. So love which is lift up all those now who are suffering, grief and size and our eggs and brokenness. And to the humble Lord, Your love wisdom, your personal love would touch them. Lift them up, find a good just lift them up we pray, in the name of Jesus die. Amen. Amen. Thank
Reverend Ben Cooper:you, Jesus. Thank you Holy Spirit.
Glenn Walsh:Yeah, I was looking at Luke 15, where Jesus does talk about leaving the 99 for the one. Oh, he says 15 verse seven. He says I took in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents over one. Then he says again in verse 10. In the same way I tell you there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner, why repents? He knows us everything about us. Yes, in His foreknowledge. He knows us. He is not surprised. He's not disappointed. He never recoils. Thank you, Jesus, even though we may recoil from ourselves. He doesn't. He embraced us in our entirety. Yes, Lord, even embracing our sin and putting it to death. Thank you, Holy Spirit. And it says in Jude 20, this is our response to this. About a quarter persevere. Build yourselves up in the most holy faith, and pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in God's love. As you wait for the mercy of animals, Jesus Christ, eternal life. As Ben said earlier, you know, don't go seeking after this. Don't go seeking after that. Don't come on in after him. Don't come run after someone. Run after Jesus. Build your selves up. That's your response. Even when you feel that I can't do anything anymore. What he's left and I'm here for you, He will never leave you will never forsake you. And just like the assistant widow, who pressed on push Whoa, just like the woman who was bleeding. who pressed through the press. Yeah. Jesus says again, and it's in Luke 11, verse 10. For everyone who asks, receives, Yes, Lord, yes. For everyone who asked for service. And he who seeks finds common brothers and sisters, we're seeking let's seek, let's Chris on. Our responsibility is to keep ourselves in. Keep ourselves in the love of God. He loves us. He's for us. Whatever the other voices may say. Whatever diversions. People might try and take you down. Don't go down. Hang on to his cloak. We're gonna go on because he's hanging on to you And Father, I pray that you will send the Holy Spirit because in the context of what Jesus said, Everyone who seeks finds you then say we who are evil, know how to give good gifts. How much more will our Father in heaven? Give the Holy Spirit? Amen to those who ask us, Lord, this life is not one. One in the flesh. It's not one of enduring in the flesh. It's one of being laid held. I'm hearing your Holy Spirit. Yes, even our faith. Yes, Your faith manifest in us. Jesus, you said that you've lost none of those that the Father gave you. Thank you. We're so secure in you. And I pray that we will exercise our faith stand in our faith, live by faith, trusting God, trusting your hold over our lives. Yes. And I'm not glancing to a level to the right thank you for not playing pattycake with the enemy of our souls, not wandering about in self pitying. But rejoicing in the fact that though heaven on earth may pass away. Yes, father, though this earth will be one day consumed will be changed in an instant. Yeah. And will be like you forever more. What a destiny. Thank you, Jesus, for your transforming. glorious gospel is not only just redeemed us, amen, but it's transforming us. Yes. Thank you, James. One day, when we see you, we will be like you seamless, my perfect forever. Thank you, Lord, thank you, God for sending your son.
Unknown:Thank you, father. Thank you,
Reverend Ben Cooper:guide us, Lord, take us deeper in lock. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Thank you, Father.
Andy Hammond:Just come, Lord. A few words from Joel, chapter two, verse 28. And afterwards, I will pour out my spirit and all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old man will dream dream. Amen. That's me. Your young men will see visions, praise the Lord, even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. Thank you, Jesus. And verse 32, says, and everyone who calls on the name of the Lord, because he saved, thank you. So Father, I just pray now for those who are seeking, seeking to know you want to know more about you? Yes, feeling lost. In this current situation, we find ourselves in here we pray for Father God, you are steadfast. You are always there, man will never leave us. And you are, as John puts it, you are the word of life. You are the word of life. And in the letters of John and of course, his gospel as well. I was reading that hadn't realized this that John was first cousin of Jesus. And what an amazing family that was. So belonging to that family. It's no wonder that John writes as he does. And he writes in one of his letters, one, John, two and verse eight. It says, if we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins, and purify us from all unrighteousness. But if we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar. And His Word has no place in our lives. And in chapter two, it says, here's the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Thank you, not only for hours, but also for the sins of the whole world. The sins of the whole world. So if you're listening today, that includes you. Yeah, that includes you. Me too. So we thank You, Father, God, that you had the remedy. And in the person of Jesus who came to this world, you've lived those 30 odd years on earth. So you know, what our situation is, you know, how we feel. You can have empathy with us. And we just thank you, that you went to across. Yes, father you do. died for the sins of the whole world as it says in Scripture. And that's for us too. So we pray, Father, that all those people who are listening today, or listen later that if you're feeling down if you're feeling hopeless, with your situation, turn to Jesus. Amen. Turn to Jesus. Yes, fathers, he loves you. He's loves you have so much that He died for you. We thank You, Father, that you've done this. You had a plan, that plan of redemption through Jesus. We can't fathom that man. In in Jesus would die for each one of us, but He knows us intimately. Thank you for all he knows us intimately. You know us, you know, it's it says the hairs on our head. Yeah. You know, how we think. You know, the thought process is that each one of us has, yes, finally, shortcomings. You know, the good qualities as well, you know, our gifts. It says in your word, that Holy Spirit will give us gifts, so that we can live our lives fully for you. Yes. So Father, we asked you, Holy Spirit, pour out Your Spirit on each one of us today. Yes, freshly Srinu. us. We want more than that, though. Father, we can ask for your Spirit to fill out communities, that your spirit will draw those who don't know you to yourself? Yes, they will want to know that your spirit will change people's lives. Amen. So we want more of you. Father, we thank You for this freedom that we have to gather together and just chat and pray and read Scripture. Have coffee together. But Father, we pray that what we do here will be repeated. Yeah. All around our communities. People will stop and chat and have a coffee and look through your word. And pray encouragement for each other. Yes, encouragement, we pray follow. Because you first left us and you first loved us. We love you, God. Thank you, father. Thank you, Father, that you're always there. But yeah, believe us, that you are our rock.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Jesus.
Andy Hammond:Thank You, Father, that you are that rock that we can stand on. That is a movable type. Thank you. Thank you. We can if we build on you, then our foundations will be secure. Thank you, Jesus.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you Holy Spirit.
Andy Hammond:All of you in our lives. And Father we asked you to change us so that we are more like you. We we know that we don't get it right. That we slip up and fall into sin. But we come back to you. Yes family say this morning, Father forgive us. Father forgive us.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Yeah, I'm in a great way,
Andy Hammond:wash away that unsavory part of our lives. The way we act, the way we think. And Father, we asked you that helped us to put on love, the love that you had for each one of us. May that reflect in our own lives today. And tomorrow, and the next that we will walk with the love of Jesus. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you, Jesus. Yes, Lord, we we just pray for healing today, Lord, yeah. That's my brothers. were reading and praying father and sharing the Word of God. I just I just asked you, father and quietly Lord this morning for healing. Yes. bodies today. Last word, Lord. Father, we pray for healing. Lord for ailments Lord for physical healing for mental health this morning is floored because we come to you, Lord, from many different angles. And Lord, there is a crowd before us, Lord and sometimes like the lady, lady with the issue of blood Lord, it can be very exhausting to try and push through the Lord. Thank you for speaking through the brothers around the table this morning. Thank you for the scripture this morning. But Lord, there are many that are tired today Lord, there are many that are tired and feel that there are behind this crowd. This big physical gap father between a person and you But Lord, You tell us Father Come to me all of you that aware. So Lord, it's not about our physical strength. It's about our heart condition. It's the inside it's yes, law and I want to get to Jesus. But the crowd before me is so thick, so dense, so vast, I, I don't have the strength. But if I've got to get on the floor, and crawl on my knees, I'm going to get to Jesus. We just got to get to Jesus, but he's already got to us. He's already got us. But it's that physical. It's that physical exertion, it's that it's that wanting it's it is that going to he has presented Himself to you. He has presented Himself to me he has presented Himself to us we are saved by grace, we are saved. All four of us, everyone online at this moment. Everyone that dips in and out the services you are saved on man, even speaking to atheists right now. It's not your lips that decided to follow it. It's the God that decided to create you and to bring you into being you know, God is God is saving those that are caught in really occultic activities at this moment. God is pulling people out. God is drawing people out isn't isn't our lips, I've decided to follow Jesus this morning. Isn't the power of yourself isn't the power of me that a woke up and said, I'm going to follow Jesus today. Before the very beginning of time was created built for the foundations of the world. I knew you and I created you for My goodwill. And my pleasure. Whatever way we look at this salvation is an enormous, enormous subject that you could spend a lifetime trying to fathom it out. But there is no one worthy, no one worthy of it, but by grace and mercy, sanctification, we are justified, we are justified, we are washed in the blood of Jesus. Each and every one of us today are children of the living God. My life doesn't reflect what it should reflect. My situations don't reflect what it should reflect. But through the carnage for the trouble for the straining for the press in for the crawling through the laying on the floor for the shouting and hollering. He's got us on Earth, he has us. He has you. And he loves He loves us. And that's been mentioned a lot this morning. And then someone else has read from the Gospel where it says, in the last days, I'll pour out my spirit on all God that God is drawing us. And I come back to that text that I referenced earlier in the book of Joshua, where Rahab Rahab was used in an unusual situation and we are living in unusual times and there is a window. There is a window, there is a window, a prophetic window of opportunity. And that color that scarlet cord that they tied around was the same scarlet color that the soldiers put on Christ when they stripped him beat him. That's royalty that color represents royalty. Did they really know what they was doing? Did they really really know what they was doing? They was just doing a clear physical show that yeah, this is the Messiah without consciously without physically they was mocking him and cheering him but what they really done was just reveal that he is the Christ. He's the king. He's the king they put that robe around him. They stripped him they beat him and they put a scarlet robe over him. He is the King of kings. He is your King. He is your God. He is your Savior, He is your grace. He is your salvation. He is your Redeemer. He is your everything. And he loves you. He loves you and He loves me. He loves me in the skip that I live in. Sometimes he loves me. Whether just like the Prophet whether I'm at the top of Mount Carmel, praying for rain praying for the miracle whether I'm at the base of the mountain whether I'm midway wherever I am, wherever I am on the journey of life He's with you. He's with me. We're coming to the table in just a couple of minutes as the brothers are getting ready to take us as Glenn will lead us in a prayer and Donnie will take us through and Andy will take us through as, as they break bread together, as I just want to let you know, if you don't feel worthy this morning, it doesn't matter. Don't worry about your emotions. Don't worry about your feelings. You know, don't worry about your anticipation. Don't worry about what is before you just just say today. I'm a Jesus follower. I follow Jesus. He's my god. He's my king, and I'm following him. And I'm going to be like, that lady that was just got up that morning and said, This is that they I'm gonna, I've got to get to Jesus. I've got to get to Jesus. She didn't wait on an altar call. She didn't wait for the clergy to say come on. Now you can come up. She said, I have got to get to Jesus. Sometimes we reach such a low place. Such a low place such a low place, but who's below us. He's holding us in a low place when we feel like just thrown ourselves into the the wind of the world. He's in the wind of the world and he will capture you even if you throw yourself into the wind of the world. And he will wrap his hands and his love around you because you're in his hands. You're like that piece of clay. We like that clay on the potter's wheel. Where he's, he's he's pressing the clay. He's shaping the clay where he's shaping it. The Church wants to shape you into something you're not religion want to shape you into something you're not your world, the family want to shape you into something you're not. Who is Jesus calling you to be today? Who is Jesus calling you to be today? Firstly, he's calling his daughter or your son. And he's calling you. He's calling you. Don't be shaped let's not be shaped by the world and by culture. And the pressures of life life. You know, the establishment in Westminister are trying to shape us trying to hurt us trying to press us push us, mold us. You know, we got the good old National Insurance number we just a number to the world to the system, not to Jesus, but to Jesus. Your his child, to the system and the world. We're just a long National Insurance number and a tax code. But to Jesus, Jesus, we realize what we are to him. Roman says God displayed His love for us even while we were still sinners, his love. God displayed His love for us even while I was still sent in, and live in and doing the didgeridoo, whatever that may be that we were doing. You know, he loves us. He loves you. He loves you. Just lean into Jesus, we're at the table. Glenn will take us and Donnie will keep us and Andy will do what they're gonna do with a break in the bread. But we're just gonna hand over to Glenn this morning and just let him just speak from from his heart.
Glenn Walsh:Stan, that's the heart the mouth death. Speak. does. And Luke 17 standard Luke, Jesus replied to the kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation. Wow. You know, the kingdom of God is not about keeping scorecards. It's not about watching the weather. It's not about discussions of where are we in the last stage it says the kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation. Normal people say here it is or there it is because the Kingdom of God. He tells us where it is. It's within you. It's within you. He stands placed his kingdom within us. And it's letting that permeate so it's not about striving. It's not about works. It's not about doing this do that. How are you faring? Yeah. Again, I said earlier, he will never recoil from us. Because as we come to the table, and Andy will leave us with the bread and donate the wine. But we're remembering everything he's done before the creation of the world you've chosen in him to be holy and blameless in his Cylon.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you Jesus,
Glenn Walsh:but not the letter of the law will pass nothing. So he's fulfilled the law and happy home and thank God he's retained his holiness. Absolutely. No compromise. Amen. Yes. And he's taken us to be him, and he's placed his kingdom within us and He's made us the common holy.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Oh, Jesus,
Glenn Walsh:what a word Lord survives body via his blood. We've been made perfect forever. Yes, Lord. So Lord, as we take this communion with you, by your Holy Spirit, give us revelation of just what is within us, your kingdom. Amen. And we pray that we will choose to die to the things of this world, and that your kingdom reign through us that out of our hearts, you will speak Yes, sir, come kingdom of God to your kingdom come, Your will be done in us and through us that your name will be glorified men, even through our ridiculous lives, just like it was through Rahab. Yes,
Reverend Ben Cooper:thank you, Jesus. Thank You, Lord, who
Glenn Walsh:was a child of faith. Yes, you choose the foolish of the world. Just shine what the world sees as righteous. Thank you, God, Your ways are not outweighs your ways a perfect.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Your ways are flawed. Yes. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Jesus.
Andy Hammond:And fathers we come to your table with the bread and the wine, we remember that supreme sacrifice. And we examine ourselves as we, as we do this, and some scripture from Philippians. Paul's letter. In chapter three, it says from verse seven, but whatever it was to my prophet, my now consider loss Wow, for the sake of Christ. Yeah, what is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness, of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, sake, I have lost all things. I can say that I consider them rubbish. Or some would say, I consider them filth, that I may gain or that I may know Christ, thank you, Holy Spirit, and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ. So Father, we thank you, we Yes, have that privilege of knowing you. Have being in relationship with you. And that love that you have shown each one of our set steadfast love, we remember that now as we take the bread to remember that supreme sacrifice that you may for each one of us yes, for so that we Yes, Lord can be in relationship with the God of the universe, with our Savior, and Holy Spirit.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you, Jesus.
Donny Stockburn:Thank you, Lorna. Our mind goes back to a day when my sister's husband died quite a young man shattered a knife to pieces. And the vicar that time was a man filled with God's Spirit. And he helped her all through that period of time, as best he could. And at the end of it, she wrote him a letter, and she didn't know what to write in it. She just wrote one line. And it was this. Thank you for being more than words. Wow. A Lord. You're more than words. Yes, Jesus is more than words. His words aren't filled with love and power. AWESOME POWER, Lord, and we are more precious to you than everything else in creation. We all your precious pearl. We have a personal love with you. A personal relationship with you, that we'd be millions and millions and billions in heaven, Lord. We're no less personal treasure to you, Lord. Were so important every single life Lord, you would have died for any one of us Lord, and Father God, there is a truth that you are more words, Jesus is more than words he is the lover of our souls. Lord witches, thank you for that alone. I just pray now, in Jesus name, Lord, you will make us like Jesus, you will make us more than words in our lives, Lord, our wife, who will be more than words, but be filled with the things that Jesus Lord, that we can bear witness, in these awful days we live in Lord, that our light that you gave us, Lord will burn violet and ever in these dark days, Father God and be more outstanding than ever will through history, Father God, so you're living church will be burning brightly, all through these times, Lord. And we ask this in Jesus name, Lord, Lord, we, we take this blood now, to remind us of how we received your love and how it came about, that we have eternal life. For your sacrifice, love for God so loved the world. God so loved us personally. He gave His Son and we just thank you in Jesus name, Lord, amen. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Jesus. Thank you Holy Spirit.
Glenn Walsh:Words, The Word became flesh among us.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Yes.
Glenn Walsh:Yeah. Amen. The way you do it finishes with to Him who is able to keep you from falling armor and present you before we say glorious presence without faults, and is with great joy. I love that. The joy of the Lord is our strength. He is so joyful, so that only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all ages, now and forevermore. Amen. Amen. Oh,
Reverend Ben Cooper:what a beautiful scriptures have come out this morning.
Andy Hammond:Just coming on with that Philippians, saying that I had just turned over the page. And just these words, which I think is a quote from I saw that the name of Jesus, every knee should bow from heaven on earth. And allegedly pail and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
Donny Stockburn:moon, glory of God the Father. And oh, man, thank you.
Andy Hammond:And we just thank You that we can look into your Word, and your word is powerful. And just repeat my offer that we've got a scripture here that everyone can have access to, if just want to copy. Get in touch with us, and we'll send you one. And I'll just wondering about whether I should do this. But the church I go to, is going to hold an alpha course, starting this month, and we hope to do in person starting on Wednesday, the 26th of January, Christ Church in Swanley. In fact, I'll be leading this course, if you've never heard of alpha, it's a really good course to explore what life is all about what faith means, and how we get into the Bible. If you want to come to this, just again, get in touch. It'd be really great.
Reverend Ben Cooper:There you go. Yeah, I mean, Wednesday, the 26th of January 730 to nine o'clock. And it's there. We've got the literature here. You can contact Christchurch one li just down the bottom. There are friends now that'd be great. So if anybody's looking to hop on to that, please do so. Contact Andy. You can catch in many places. You will find him on Crime Watch. You'll find him in some places. But if you really want to find him in a holy place, find him at Christ Church. But we just want to say thank you to everybody this morning. Our brother Glen sin on my side. And brother Dawn set and before me and my brother Andy, just over there. So wherever you are today across the world, never give up. Never give up hope. You've been listening to us here at coffee and prayer in Elim church in Swanee. May God bless you and strengthen you made a hand of God. Just keep drawing you out of the slummy pits, the mud, the mile, whatever it may be. But wherever you are today, never give up hope. Never give up hope. The Lord is good and His mercy endures forever. And Glen bought a beautiful scripture. Jude 24 To him who is able to keep you from falling. He will keep us He will keep us My God bless you all, and we'll catch you all soon. In Jesus name, Amen